Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nancy Kress

Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.

Lynn Flewelling

The real world is the fantasy writer's scrapbook. Real history, real geography, real customs and religions are all invaluable sources of guidance and inspiration.

Li Rongmei

We have to go through all the Customs procedures and paperwork so it is not easy to import one.

Agnes Repplier

The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.

Kevin Kwan

I think snobbery is one of the oldest customs in the world, and the rich will always find ways to rank each other and make themselves feel more special than others.

Paul Light

I think the 20,000 employees of immigration and customs enforcement have got to be scratching their heads, and saying, am I going to take orders from this particular person who has never held a gun in her hand?

Viktor Khristenko

Launching the Customs Union to the full will take at least two or three years.

Samuel Freeman Miller

History teaches us, in no mistaken language, how often customs and practices, which were originated without lawful warrant, and opposed to the sound construction of the law, have come to overload and pervert it, as commentators on the text of Holy Scripture have established doctrines wholly at variance with its true spirit.

David Liss

I am saying that while popular culture usually portrays practitioners of magic as separate from ordinary people, often biologically different, many people have habits or customs or superstitions that show magic was once a whole lot more democratic.

Rick Dempsey

When I returned to the Orioles as a coach, I turned to Elrod for help and guidance. No one knew more about the organization.

David Stahl

In terms of guidance for the future, you need some (clarification) from the court,

Edmund Shing

The guidance is good, and people are happy about the numbers.

Dipen Sanghavi

The market had moved very quickly in a short period of time, so investors are just taking profits now, waiting for guidance from the big tech firms.

Juvenal

No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.

David Heupel

The 2007 and 2008 guidance is in line with expectations. And the stock is back down after a pretty big move.

Jennifer Cole

People need to make sure they get the guidance to do things properly.

Gary Frazier

I thought his guidance was quite crisp. He always shared his assumptions and way of thinking.

Jay Cooperider

We are essentially cloaking him with some guidance and letting him say his piece. And not letting the guy twist away in the wind.

Colm Meaney

It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history.

Rick Perlstein

I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates.

F. Sionil Jose

My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.

Bobby Jindal

Our culture, language, history, and values are vital to uniting us as a nation.

Erwin McManus

When we look at history, we see history is made up of the heroes of their times. Yet, somehow we miss this when we put on the lens of the Scriptures.

C. J. Mahaney

Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church.

Nikola Tesla

The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified.

Trey Parker

That was a misconception among a lot of people - that Mormons are polygamist. No, they're not. I mean they obviously have that in their history, and there are some fundamentalists.

Christopher Koch

I make a rod for my own back because people see my novels as quasi documentaries. But it is never history that's the main event of my books. It's my characters.

Chris Gabrieli

Time is a resource, much like money or autonomy, which can be invaluable or can be squandered.

Timothy Dean

Our students won't simply be placed at the back of a section. They'll be right in the middle of the action, near the front. It will give them invaluable experience.

Andrew Friedman

He's been invaluable in our discussions and our planning going forward, and the working relationship has been outstanding.

Rich Rodriguez

He understands everything we're trying to do. He's invaluable to us, more so for his leadership than anything else.

Ron Rivera

It's an invaluable time for him because he can learn so much. It's a little disappointing we didn't get the job done.

Keith Reynolds

You never feel like you're really ready for this until it happens. Preparing for a big to-do like this is an invaluable experience.

Daniele Audetto

They have been invaluable in the development of the team, in every aspect.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Having an education is invaluable.

Steve Sampson

(Cronin) got invaluable playing time tonight and I thought he played very well for his debut.

Matt Stone

He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin.

Thomas Friedman

Being one of my sources is exhausting. It's not one interview and you're done. I keep going back until I feel like I understand everything.

Kim Edwards

The way we behave, our views and outlooks really have their sources some place. They come from somewhere. Sometimes we don't even know what they are, and yet they're very powerful in our lives.

Bruce Russell

They need to find new sources of revenue.

David Appel

did not have his own sources of funding.